The Russian Technical Society (RTS) was founded as the Imperial Russian Technical Society (IRTS) in 1866 bringing together scientists, engineers, and others in order to promote technological development. It was by the government Ministries of

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and

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, and was supported by other public agencies and by industry. It set out to bolster the further the development of Russia's manufacturing and production industries, through facilitating new inventions and the application of technology.

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and Peter Kochubei played a leading role in the organisation. In 1895 the society criticised

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for holding back the Russian textile industry by exclusively importing

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. In 1914 it participated in the mobilisation of scientists and technicians behind the war effort by creating an information bureau. This provided information for industry and state and local governments.

Organisation and structure

# Chemical technology and metallurgy (1866) # Mechanics and mechanical technology (1866) # Civil engineering and mining (1866) # Military and naval technology (1866) # Photography and its applications (1878) founded by

Vyacheslav Sreznevsky Vyacheslav Izmailovich Sreznevsky (russian: Вячеслав Измайлович Срезневский; 3 October 1849 – 29 June 1937) was a Russian philologist, photographer and sports executive. Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee (1911 ...

. # Electrical engineering, (1878) founded by

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. # Aeronautics (1880) # Railway business (1881) # Technical education (1884) # Agriculture (by 1914) # Industrial and economic (by 1914) # Labour assistance (by 1914) # Mountain (by 1914) # Techniques of mining and rural economy # Reclamation(1916) # Fuel (1916)

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